Handout (Cambridge) p. 181-182 - Take a few minutes to read each passage, then decide if the following statements are true or false. Check your answers with your partner and convince them they’re wrong if you disagree.

Passage 1

A. T

B. F

C. T (A military risk is a security threat.)

D. T

E. F

F. F (There was no construction of the tunnel in 1930, so the construction couldn’t have led to anything.)

G. F

H. T

Take 9 minutes to complete the exercise. Then check with your partner.

Passage 2

A. T

B. F (They likely came from an animal this size, but the bones they found were smaller.)

C. F

D. T (This is more of an inference question.)

E. T (This is also an inference, from “eardrums, which would not have worked in water”.)

F. F (It can recognize the source because the bones are isolated from each other, and it’s just the eardrum that is vestigial, not the middle ear.)

G. T

H. T (This can be concluded from the final sentence. “The separation of these bones” means the bones are in fact separated in (modern) marine whales.)

Passage 3

A. T

B. F

C. F (It emits glue, not a smell.)

D. T

E. T

F. F

G. T

H. T

Passage 4

A. F (If A cannot match B, it means A is worse than B.)

B. T

C. T

D. F

E. F (The color of the varnish wasn’t important, and it ranges in color from orange to reddish-brown.)

F. T

G. F

H. T

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DELTA p. 20-21 - Take 5 minutes to skim for the information to answer questions 1-6